SURGICAL TECHNICIAN

About the role

The Surgical Technician will serve as a scrub technician in an operating room and provide direct and indirect care to patients before, during, and after surgery.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and continually assesses operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
• Sets up operating room prior to surgery by obtaining and checking equipment, instruments, packs and supplies needed in surgery, according to nursing protocol; prepares and processes instrument trays and other supplies as needed.
• Correctly verifies solutions, drugs, and drainage tubes with circulating nurse and labels them accordingly.
• Serves as a scrub technician during a variety of surgical procedures, handling sterile instruments and supplies while maintaining aseptic technique.
• Cleans, sorts, sterilizes, and decontaminates operating room, equipment as well as instruments utilizing sterilizer, ultrasonic, and Steris; disposes of waste and soiled supplies in appropriate receptacle.
• Assists in maintaining and labeling specimens collected during surgery according to the established procedures.
• Operates and adjusts support equipment such as suction machines, scopes, diagnostic equipment and lights to ensure proper operation.
• Under direction of a surgeon, assists with suctioning, cutting sutures, and applying and removing dressings for operative procedures according to established policies and procedures.
• Counts sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments before surgery, before closure, during closure, and after surgery to ensure all surgical supplies are accounted for, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains files and records of surgical procedures.
• Transports patients to and from perioperative services and/or medical wards and assists the surgeon and registered nurse in positioning, prepping, and draping patients for surgery.

Requirements

• To qualify, applicants must meet the requirements under one of the following options:
  • Two (2) years of experience in an operating room assisting surgeons and medical staff during surgery.
  • Graduation from an accredited surgical technology program.
• LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
  • A current certification issued by the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program.
  • A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
• Desirable Qualifications:
  • Current certification issued by The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) for surgical technologists (CST).
  • Additional experience in an operating room assisting surgeons and medical staff during surgery that exceeds the requirement.

Physical Class III (moderate)

This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.